Consider the Butterfly - Transforming Your Life Through Meaningful Coincidence [Hardcover]

Carol Lynn Pearson (Author), Sandy Wells (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 23, 2002

$14.95 hardcover 1-58685-176-4 6 x 7 in, 144 pp, Rights: W, Inspiration At some point in our lives, we have all experienced synchronicities, those amazing coincidences that offer short glimpses into the backstage of life, the hidden order of things. Carol Lynn Pearson has for years kept track of the coincidences in her days, looking at them with a poet's eye for metaphor and meaning: a pan of "mama's cinnamon rolls" appears in the first shot of a movie just minutes after she and her sister reminisce on that favorite childhood food; a smiley face pops up on the computer screen during the writing of her daughter's funeral service; eight butterflies appear within an hour, not on the wing but in the word, bringing a message of transformation and hope. Learning the language of synchronicity can help each of us to more frequently access and recognize the wisdom of the divine. After reading Consider the Butterfly, you will never again see the events in your daily life as just events. You will start to see your name on messages sent special delivery, giving helpful clues on your own personal journey. Carol Lynn Pearson has established an impressive career as a best-selling author of more than thirty books and plays. With Consider the Butterfly: Stories of Meaningful Coincidence, Carol Lynn moves her relationship with readers in a new and more intimate direction, sharing personal stories in "an innocent and awesome show-and-tell" of her experience with the phenomenon of synchronicity. Carol Lynn is the mother of four grown children and lives in Walnut Creek, California.

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Contents The Magic Begins Working With Synchronicity Family Death and Beyond God, Angels, Heaven, Hell Peace on Earth Do Not Judge Giving and Receiving A Friend on the Other Side Little Lessons From Darkness into Light

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". . . Nine butterflies appear within an hour, not on the wing but in the word, bringing a message of transformation and hope." Learning the language of meaningful coincidence will give you a tool for accessing the wisdom of the divine.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher; 1st edition (August 23, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1586851764
• ISBN-13: 978-1586851767
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,007,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL!!, November 18, 2002

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K. Campbell "thebab5kat" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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Consider The Butterfly is a wonderful, inspirational work of art. Beautifully written by Carol Lynn Pearson and illustrated with Sandy Wells' lovely photographs, this is a must-have book!! I highly recommend it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Primer for Life, January 2, 2003

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Cindy L. Lefevre (Lewis Center, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Consider the Butterfly - Transforming Your Life Through Meaningful Coincidence (Hardcover)

Carol Lynn Pearson has a magnificent way of touching the heart with simple stories that have profound meaning. I cried and laughed my way through this book. With stories from her own life, Pearson gives me a new perspective on my own. Wally's Tie, or The Tie That Binds, prompted a similar episode with her book. What goes around...

Reading Carol Lynn Pearson is never a mistake. I highly recommend this book.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Synchronicity, March 24, 2004

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Rebecca Johnson "The Rebecca Review" (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Consider the Butterfly - Transforming Your Life Through Meaningful Coincidence (Hardcover)

"On day I noticed that something happened that looked like a dramatization of the inner script of my psyche." ~Carol Lynn Pearson

Consider the Butterfly is a collection of stories exploring Carol Lynn Pearson's experiences with synchronicity.

The message of the rose will make you an instant believer in synchronicity if you haven't already seen this at work in your life on a daily basis.

...There's the petal and the thorn.
There is beauty and there's sorrow,
And we all must face tomorrow
Like the rose...

~Jane Olivor

Carol says she lived much of her life without experiencing the mystical elements many claim to have experienced. Just when she had given up on filling her mystical cup, life took a few turns and found out that the outer world was reflecting her inner world.

Carol explores the topics of Family, Death and Beyond, God, Angels, Heaven, Hell, Peace on Earth, Do Not Judge, Giving and Receiving, A Friend on the other side, Little Lessons and From Darkness into Light.

Carol has the benefit of being able to do research in her diaries and she has forty-six years of her life recorded in diaries sitting on a huge shelf. All her handwritten books allow her to look at life and analyze her "messages from the Universe."

While writing this review, I saw and heard the word: "Discover." This happens to me all the time and sometimes the words make sentences that are quite meaningful. I had just glanced down to page sixteen when I saw the word and heard it on the radio.

Carol explains how you should write down your experiences with synchronicity and even keep a journal. My words are written on scraps of paper and I only have one friend so far who has been able to tell me what some of the sentences mean.

While I agree that beauty can grow out of great tragedy, I think each person's experience is going to determine how we view tragedy. Her idea of death and resurrection seemed appropriate even though I'm sure it will be difficult for some to see the beauty in this type of tragedy.

A poem by Rumi completes this book and there are quotes by Emily Dickinson and even a story about Emily Dickinson and how she influenced Carol's life.

~The Rebecca Review

P.S. Feb 1. 2007 - If you enjoy this book, you may
love the movie: The Celestine Prophecy